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Oppo F9 arrived on the global market earlier this month, but it can be also found as Oppo F9 Pro in several countries. The phone was initially launched in three colors - Sunrise Red, Twilight Blue, and Starry Purple, but according to a TENAA...

Xiaomi launched its Pocophone sub-brand by unveiling the Pocophone F1 for India and today the brand is going global. At the time of writing, Xiaomi is holding simultaneous events in Paris, Jakarta and Hong Kong, detailing the Pocophone F1's...

Archos unveiled its first Android Oreo Go Edition phone and it’s a big one – the Archos Access 57 packs a 5.7” screen. It will be available in October at the low price of €80 (that’s just under $95). As you can imagine given the price, the specs are...

The Huawei Mate 20 Lite hasn't been made official just yet, but that hasn't stopped it from going on pre-order. You can order the device in Poland and Germany with supposed shipping starting September 9. The German listing is more suspect. The...

Sony brings out some unconventional hues, which makes its phones stand out. The upcoming Sony Xperia XZ3 already leaked in Silver and Black, now the whole color palette has surfaced. The two options that stand out are the Purple and the...

The V40 ThinQ is the next flagship that LG is unveiling sometime around November. We already saw the first press renders, revealing the horizontal triple camera setup on the back, but no measurements whatsoever. Thanks to latest CAD-based...

The Samsung Galaxy A8 Star, which became official last week, is now up for sale in India. The device is an Amazon India exclusive and costs INR 34,990 (€430). That price nets you a 6GB+64GB model in either Black or White with a 1 year screen...

HMD Global is the current owner of the Nokia smartphone brand and as such knows how to pull fans’ strings with plenty of nostalgia-induced products. First, it was the Nokia 3310 (2017), followed by the Nokia 8 Sirocco and the banana-shaped Nokia...

The vivo X23 appeared numerous times in the past few weeks, including some live photos and official teasers by the company. Today the manufacturer announced on Weibo the official release date of the upcoming smartphone - September 6. It is the same...

A rather exiting week, this one. It saw the debut of the Oppo R17 Pro with its triple rear camera, in-display fingerprint sensor and insanely fast SuperVOOC charging. We also got the Xiaomi Pocophone F1 - a Snapdragon 845 powerhouse at the hard...

Ro: It's all about usability and curved screens don't really do that. It all began when Samsung unveiled its first-ever smartphone with a curved screen, the Galaxy Note Edge. It was a jaw-dropping device in an era when almost all...

The Samsung Galaxy Note9 only spent one week on top of our top 10 trending chart, before it had to concede it to the Xiaomi Pocophone F1. The cheapest Snapdragon 845 smartphone caused some real shockwaves and if Xiaomi can actually produce it in...

There are some phone launches that shake up the mobile industry. For example, in 2012 the $300 Nexus 4 (later $200) changed what people consider an acceptable price for a flagship. Then in 2014 the $300 OnePlus One did the same. Then there were four...

Hi guys, this is Chip and this week it's my turn to share my thoughts on the year so far and my expectations for the months to come. I thought I'll try a slightly different format to make this more manageable, splitting it all in three. Let's start...

The Sony Xperia XA2 Plus is a mid-season upgrade to the XA2 Ultra. It introduces the first 18:9 screen to the mid-range series – a 6” 1080p+ panel – and offers almost the same surface area, but in a phone that’s both narrower and shorter. The...

There’s a growing number of phones with in-display fingerprint readers – most coming from vivo, but with participation from Xiaomi, Oppo and Meizu too (and some interest from Huawei). Those companies sniffed out the coming trend before anyone...

Xiaomi is one of the youngest smartphone companies, but its rise has been astounding. It was founded in 2010, released its first phone in 2011 and in 2014 it was already the top maker in China. The first product the company made was MIUI ("Me You...

Honor officially confirmed that the Honor 8X will arrive on September 5 in two variants - a standard one and an oversized version called 8X Max. Rumor has it, the diagonal on the Max is going to be 7.12" beating even the Xiaomi Mi Max 3. Now...

A new analyst report obtained by 9to5Mac claims that the upcoming trio of iPhones will create a massive wave of upgrades in a 12 to 18 month period. The GBH Insights report points at 350M iPhones sales for that period due to the diversity Apple is...

To better compete with Cupertino's Apple Pay contact-less payment platform, Google is looking to expand its support for more banks worldwide and especially on US soil. Of course, that doesn't mean that Apple is just sitting nearby and...